Genetic disorders

Genetic disorders

Genetic diseases, syndromes, or conditions caused by genetic variations and abnormalities in genes or chromosomes.

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Genetic disorders

gonadal steroids

Health care; Genetic disorders

Hormones having estrogenic (female sex hormones) or androgenic (male sex hormones) activity.

brachycephaly

Health care; Genetic disorders

Short-headed or broad-headed with a cephalic index of over 80.

The situation which occurs in prenatal testing in which a sample of chorionic villus, amniotic fluid, or umbilical blood becomes contaminated with maternal (usually blood) cells, which can confound ...

CpG islands

Health care; Genetic disorders

Areas of increased density of the dinucleotide sequence cytosine--phosphate diester--guanine. They form stretches of DNA several hundred to several thousand base pairs long. In humans there are about ...

peripheral blood stem cell

Health care; Genetic disorders

Immature cells found circulating in the bloodstream. New blood cells develop from peripheral stem cells.

giant cell

Health care; Genetic disorders

An unusually large cell; especially: a large multinucleate often phagocytic cell (as those characteristic of tubercular lesions, various sarcomas, or the megakaryocytes of the red marrow).